Hyderabad:
In a Telangana village ravaged through floods, no less than 25 folks risked their very own lives to make sure that a 75-year-old were given a right kind ultimate farewell.Â
A video that has now long gone viral displays the gang keeping the frame aloft and wading via impulsively flowing water from a flooded canal to get to a cremation floor. With the water just about as much as their chest in some puts, the individuals are noticed stepping gingerly and supporting every different to verify they aren’t washed away. Â
The incident came about in Vecharani village of Telangana’s Siddipet district, the place incessant rain over the last few days has flooded methods to the village crematorium, or Vaikuntadham.
After the loss of life of Basavaraj Balaiah the day prior to this, members of the family carried out the preliminary rituals after which, accompanied through different villagers, stepped into the canal to hold his frame throughout. The video displays a bunch of folks main the way in which, every other following them with the frame, and a 3rd supporting a disconsolate girl.
A steep drop will also be noticed now not too some distance from the gang’s trail. The final 60 seconds of the video provide some heart-stopping moments, the place the individuals are slightly a couple of toes from the drop.
Villagers say there was once a suggestion to construct a causeway around the trail resulting in the cremation floor, which will get flooded often when the canal overflows. They claimed tenders have been issued and Rs 1.8 crore were sanctioned, however the village continues to be looking forward to the causeway.